Somaliland

By Rashid Abdi (PhD) Senior Analyst, Sahan Research Somaliland on Tuesday elected an opposition MP as Speaker of Parliament. Abdirisaq Ahmed Khalif, an MP from the opposition Waddani Party obtained 42 votes in a closely-fought election. The debate at the House was raucous and the buildup...

By: MoDuale Somaliland members of parliament on Tuesday elected the new speaker and deputy speaker of parliament for a five-year term of office. Abdirisak Khalif Ahmed from Oppposition coalition won in the first round of voting with 41 votes, beating ruling party competitor Yasin Haji Mohamoud...

The Dubai-based carrier to operate a three-times weekly service to Hargeisa in Somaliland from 10 August growing its network in Africa to 12 points in nine countries flydubai, the Dubai-based airline, announced today the start of its three-times weekly service to Hargeisa Egal International Airport...

By: Sultan Ahmed Bin SulayemGroup Chairman & CEO of DP World Last month, I joined Muse Bihi Abdi, President of Somaliland, Ahmed Shide, Minister of Finance of Ethiopia, Dagmawit Moges, Minister of Transport of Ethiopia, and Mustafa Mohammed Omar, President of the Somali Regional State...

DP World and Somaliland opened a new container terminal at Berbera Port, with work under way to further expand the terminal's capacity and develop it into a major regional trade hub serving the Horn of Africa. The newly opened container terminal increases the port's container capacity from current...

By: Horndiplomat Staff Writer The president of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi has granted pardon to 279 with petty crimes. In a presidential degree, Muse Bihi Abdi ordered the state attorney general starting from Monday to release 279 inmates through Somaliland territories. "  I offer General Pardon, due...

By: Mohamed Duale   Somaliland government officially announced the Emirates low-cost airline Air Arabia will resume flights to Somaliland. Horndiplomat reports The Somaliland Civil Aviation director, Mr Omar-Sayid Abdillahi says "Air Arabia Airlines will resume flights to Somaliland after it has fulfilled the government requirements and Somaliland and...

Human Rights Centre calls on the government of Somaliland to release 42 people arbitrarily detained without charges for showing Somalia’s flag on 26 June 2021. They are detained in two different prisons, and they are not charged with a crime. On 13 July 2021, Human Rights...

By:Abdifatah Nour Ali Cultural heritage is the essence of our identity: Having attended at an event in Hargeisa by Ministry of Trade, commerce and Tourism and Dr Sada Mire; I have learned much of our historic culture and past. This event lectured and commented by number...

By: MoDuale The Turkish Consulate General in Somaliland on Thursday marked the anniversary of the 2016 failed coup attempt staged by the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO). The event was attended by the Turkish Consul General in Somaliland Mr. Harun Arslan, key figures of the Somaliland government,...